All sample people, policies and scheduling details are fictional. Use approved tools and non-sensitive practice data.
Exercise 01 · 8 minutes
Let AI interview you
Turn a vague task into a useful brief.
Help me find one useful way to use AI in my HR work. Ask me one question at a time, up to five questions, about my recurring work, the audience, inputs, constraints and what a good result looks like. Use no confidential employee information. Then write a short reusable brief with Role, Context, Task, Format and Guardrails. Label any assumptions. Do not start the task until I review the brief.
Check your result
Does the brief describe YOUR work, a clear output, and what must be checked?
Try the next step
Tell it: “You assumed ____. Correct that and ask me what is still missing.”
Exercise 02 · 5 minutes
Practice a conversation with Voice
Experience a two-way conversation, not just dictation.
Role-play a fictional employee who is frustrated about a schedule change. Let me practice responding. Speak as the employee, one short turn at a time, and wait for me. After three exchanges, give feedback on clarity, listening and tone. Do not invent company policy or legal advice. Start with the employee's first concern.
Check your result
Did it wait, respond to what you actually said, and give specific coaching?
Try the next step
Repeat the hardest exchange with a calmer opening. No microphone? Run the same role-play in text.
Exercise 03 · 7 minutes
Get help with unfamiliar software
Understand a screen and complete a small draft safely.
Help me understand this software screen. Explain what I can do here in plain English, then walk me through creating a draft. Ask which outcome I want if it is unclear. Use only the page or screenshot you can actually see. Do not submit, send, delete, purchase or change access. Stop before the final action and show me the draft.
Check your result
Can you point to the actual screen elements it used? Did it stop before submission?
Try the next step
Use the fictional practice form below, or a non-sensitive screenshot. Ask it to explain a confusing field.
Exercise 04 · 12 minutes
Build a reusable project manager
Save the instructions you would otherwise repeat.
Act as my HR project coordinator. Help me clarify requests, identify missing information and turn approved work into useful drafts. Our work: [describe your team]. Our audience: [describe]. Preferred output: short summary, deliverable, open questions, next action. Keep each employee or candidate case separate. Never invent policy, send messages, or make employment decisions. When I bring a large task, propose steps and identify what tools or human action are needed. Do not claim to have delegated work unless you actually can and did. Ask me about the first project.
Check your result
Open a new chat inside the project and ask for a draft. Did it follow the saved instructions?
Try the next step
Use the same instructions in an ordinary chat if project setup is unavailable. A saved role does not itself create autonomous workers.
Exercise 05 · 30 minutes
Build the assessment-review assistant
Turn written responses into an evidence-based draft review.
Use only the attached fictional assessment and its rubric. First restate the four criteria and scoring anchors. Evaluate Candidate A and Candidate B separately. For each criterion show: exact evidence with line ID, suggested 0–3 score, reasoning, uncertainty, and a follow-up question. Missing evidence must be “Not demonstrated”, never zero. Only calculate a provisional /10 when all four criteria are scored; show sum / 12 x 10. Then summarize response strengths, gaps and questions for a human reviewer. Do not rank the candidates, infer personality or protected characteristics, or make hiring recommendations. End with “Draft for human review.”
Check your result
Can you trace every score to A1–A4 or B1–B4? Is the arithmetic right? Are missing facts marked?
Try the next step
Challenge one score. Ask it to justify or revise using the rubric. Save the agreed instructions, not candidate data, as your reusable team template.
Read the fictional assessment samples
FICTIONAL TRAINING EXERCISE. Not a Flintco policy or real candidate record.
ROLE: HR coordinator. Task: plan the onboarding of a fictional new starter arriving Monday at 9 AM. Their manager is away until 11 AM, a required form is missing, and the orientation room is double-booked. Write the plan, a message to the starter, and how you will verify completion.
RUBRIC (agreed teaching example, not a validated employment assessment)
Four equally weighted criteria: prioritization, communication, completeness, follow-through.
0 = explicitly unsuitable approach supported by the text; 1 = partial approach with material gaps; 2 = workable approach with minor gaps; 3 = clear, specific, complete approach.
Missing evidence = Not demonstrated, NOT zero. Only show a provisional /10 if all four criteria can be assessed. Formula: sum / 12 x 10, rounded to one decimal. No automatic hire/reject decisions.
CANDIDATE A RESPONSE
A1. Before Monday, I would contact the manager to name a backup host, confirm who can collect the missing form through the approved channel, and reserve an alternative orientation room.
A2. I would confirm the host and room by Friday afternoon; if either is unresolved I would escalate to the onboarding lead rather than promise an arrangement.
A3. Message: Welcome! Please arrive at reception at 9 AM Monday. Your assigned host will meet you there. We are confirming your orientation room and will send the final agenda Friday. Please use the approved secure channel for the outstanding form; do not reply with sensitive information.
A4. I would keep a checklist with an owner and due time for the form, host, room and agenda. I would check completion Friday and confirm arrival with the host Monday morning.
CANDIDATE B RESPONSE
B1. I would email the manager Monday morning and ask what to do about the room.
B2. Message: Welcome! Come to reception at 9 AM and someone will probably help you. Bring whatever paperwork you have.
B3. I would note the room problem on my list and wait for the manager to return at 11 AM.
B4. To verify completion, I would mark the onboarding complete when I have sent the welcome message, without checking the room or missing form again.
Review the responses, not the people. Do not infer personality, protected characteristics or overall suitability from these samples.
Exercise 06 · 10 minutes
Solve the scheduling puzzle
Separate a sensible proposed time from a genuinely booked meeting.
Read the fictional scheduling file. Find all valid 30-minute interview options within the stated windows and buffer. Show the time zone and explain why each fits. Draft an invitation with a clearly marked meeting-link placeholder. List exactly what you would need access to before checking real calendars, creating a real Zoom link and notifying people. Do not send or book anything.
Check your result
Expected fictional options: 10:00–10:30 AM and 2:30–3:00 PM Central. A draft is not a booking.
Try the next step
Ask: “What evidence would prove all attendees received the final invitation?”
Read the fictional scheduling sample
FICTIONAL SCHEDULING DATA. No real meetings or invitations.
Find a 30-minute interview on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
All times below are America/Chicago (Central Time).
Candidate: available 9:00–10:30 AM or 2:00–4:00 PM.
HR: available 9:30–11:00 AM or 1:00–3:00 PM.
Hiring manager: available 10:00–11:00 AM or 2:30–4:00 PM.
Keep a 15-minute buffer before the manager's existing meeting at 3:15 PM.
Do not create events or send messages. Propose valid options, explain overlaps, and draft an invitation with a placeholder for a meeting link. Never invent a live Zoom URL.
Exercise 07 · 8 minutes
Create your HR morning brief
Make a recurring update you will actually open.
Every weekday at 7:30 AM America/Chicago, prepare a short HR morning brief using public sources. Find up to three recent developments relevant to HR teams in the US construction industry. For each: what changed, why it may matter, publication date, and source link. Finish with one practical question for our team. Keep it under 300 words. Distinguish facts from your interpretation. If nothing meaningful is new, say so; do not recycle old news as new. Use no private inbox or employee data.
Check your result
Confirm the saved schedule and time zone. Turn on Email under ChatGPT Settings > Notifications if you want email alerts.
Try the next step
Run the brief once first and narrow its focus. Built-in email is a task notification; do not promise the full report in the email body.
Exercise 08 · 7 minutes
Give interesting links a job
Build an ideas chat that helps you decide what to try.
When I share an article or idea, help me evaluate it for a small HR team. Read the source if accessible; if not, ask me for its text and do not pretend you read it. Explain the idea in three sentences, separate verified facts from promotional claims, assess relevance, effort and risks, then recommend Try, Save or Skip with one reason. Suggest the smallest useful experiment. Ask for context if the value depends on our situation.
Check your result
Does the assessment refer to the actual article and your work, rather than merely summarize it?
Try the next step
Use a public article you choose. Tell the assistant which recommendation you disagree with and why.
Exercise 09 · 20 minutes
Build something you will use
Leave with one useful draft and a next step.
Help me produce one useful work product today. My task is: [task]. The audience is: [audience]. The approved information is: [paste non-sensitive information]. The output should be: [checklist, guide, table, message draft or plan]. First ask up to three essential questions. Then create the draft, list assumptions and propose a quick quality check. Do not invent company policy, promises or facts.
Check your result
Would you use this tomorrow? Can a partner identify one improvement and one unsupported claim?
Try the next step
Save the result and its reusable instructions. Name the one person who will review it and the next time you will use it.
Fictional browser exercise · nothing is sent
Draft an orientation request
Ask your browser assistant to complete this practice form with fictional details and stop before saving.
Official help for the demonstrations
Interfaces change. These are the product guides to use after the workshop.
